Tu and Votre mean YOU Tu is a Spanish word and in french it's pronounced votre
*A common misconception is that "tu is used for talking to children and vous for talking to adults" or "tu is for friends and vous is for strangers"
*The words tu and vous both mean you. In English, the word you can be used to address any person or number of people, whatever the age, social status etc of that person. In French, which word for you is used depends on the person being addressed (spoken/written to).